Matt Drudge links to a report from Madrid’s ABC.es that longtime Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez may be ousted in today’s presidential vote. The agency reports that exit polling shows challenger Henrique Capriles leading Chavez by a three-point margin of 51.3% to 48.06%.

The mood in Venezuela is reportedly tense, as people wait to see whether Chavez’s grip on power has finally been released:

Penn and Glover were brave to go to a dangerous place like Venezuela to campaign for Chavez, while Chavez fan Kevin Spacey apparently wasn’t able to make it. Of course, it’s worth noting that it’s been much more dangerous to oppose Chavez than to support him:

Was the election clean? Well, just a few weeks ago, none other than former U.S. President Jimmuh Carter reported the Venezuelan electoral process to be “the best in the world” — definitely better than the corrupt system in the United States. Today Carter’s eating crow, as his own Carter Center reported that Chavez is cheating: